Taking place between 1st – 7th June each year, Volunteers’ Week is the nation’s chance to celebrate and say a big “thank you” to the millions of volunteers that make amazing contributions to all sorts of organisations. So, why should you volunteer?

The UK was in the middle of a well-documented housing crisis before the Coronavirus outbreak, with the National Housing Federation estimating that a staggering 1.4 million people across the UK were living in poor-quality homes, with 400,000 homeless or at severe risk of homelessness. Robert Jenrick MP, Minister for Housing, Communities and Local Government, has stressed that he wants to “get Britain building again!” – but is this really possible, and how?

As we've all experienced, the Coronavirus pandemic and government guidelines have meant huge changes to the way we all live and work. We take a look at how our support services have adapted to lockdown life in our Independent Living Schemes.